There’s a chance CHANNING TATUM could star as GAMBIT from ‘X-Men.’
Sweet Merciful Lord! Channing Tatum. Gambit. What in the world is going on. I have to level with you, I hate this idea for two reasons. But I don’t hate it because of Channing Tatum the actor. When he stays within his wheelhouse I find him quite enjoyable. I hate it primarily because I don’t see the dude as Remy LeBeau. Getting him to do a Cajun accent? Woof. But more importantly I hate it because…Gambit fucking sucks.
Yeah, I think Gambit sucks.
The last time we heard anything about a standalone “Gambit” movie was circa “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” whenTaylor Kitsch briefly popped up in the role. But the movie flopped and everyone likes to forget it happened, but it seems the character has now some life with hopes that he can shuffle his deck of cards on the big screen again.
Longtime “X-Men” movie producer Lauren Shuler Donner has revealed she’s got Channing Tatum in the bag for a movie, now she just needs to persuade the folks with greenlight powers to make it. “I’m dying to do a Gambit movie with Channing Tatum,” she told Empire. “That doesn’t have to be a great big movie. It’s a thief in New Orleans, it’s a whole different story. He’s on board, and I have to get the studio on board. How can anyone resist Channing? He’s such a sweetheart.”